What is Integrated Pensioners’ Portal?

Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State, Personnel, announced that the Department of Pension & Pensioners’ Welfare has decided to create a new “Integrated Pensioners’ Portal” by combining all pension portals such as Pension Disbursing Bank portals, ANUBHAV, CPENGRAMS, CGHS, ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2023

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

EPFO new instructions

The Employee Provident Fund Organization recently issued new instructions on how employees should apply for pensions. Earlier the amount contributed towards the scheme was capped at Rs 15,000. Now EPFO says the employees can contribute more than this. That is, ..

Month: Current Affairs - February, 2023

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

2022 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index survey (MCGPI)

The 2022 Mercer CFA Institute Global Pension Index survey (MCGPI) was released recently. Key findings Iceland topped the list, scoring the highest overall index value of 84.7. The second and third positions are held by the Netherlands (84.6) and Denmark ..

Month: Current Affairs - October, 2022

Category: Reports & Indexes Current Affairs

Donate-a-Pension Initiative

Under Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan Yojana (PM-SYM), Union Labour and Employment Minister Bhupender Yadav launched the ‘Donate-a-Pension’ program. Overview: This initiative has been launched to make the process of contributing to and creating a pension fund for the support ..

Month: Current Affairs - March, 2022

Category: Government Schemes Current Affairs

Atal Pension Yojana completes 5 years

The “Atal Pension Yojana” launched on May 9, 2015, has completed 5 years of its implementation. The total enrollment under the scheme as on May 9, 2020 was 2,23,54,028. Highlights During the first two years of the launch of the ..

Month: Current Affairs - May, 2020

TN Assembly to celebrate Jayalalithaa’s birth anniversary as Women and Children Protection Day

The Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu Edappadi Palaniswami recently announced in the state assembly that Tamil Nadu will celebrate the birth anniversary of former Chief Minister Jayalalithaa (February 24) as the Women and Children Protection Day. He also announced several ..

Haryana’s Chief Minister launches Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana

The Chief Minister of Haryana Manohar Lal has recently launched Mukhyamantri Parivar Samridhi Yojana. Under this scheme, an annual financial assistance of Rs 6000 is to be provided to the families in the State, whose annual income is up to ..

PM Kisan Maan Dhan Yojana

Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) is a new old-age pension scheme which was announced by the Central Government for the social welfare of all landholding Small and Marginal Farmers (SMFs) in the country. What is PM-KMY? The PM-KMY is ..